{"id":17394,"date":"2020-09-15T21:24:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T02:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=17329"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:56:24","slug":"writing-a-book-5-tips-to-overcome-overwhelm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2020\/09\/writing-a-book-5-tips-to-overcome-overwhelm\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a Book: 5 Tips to Overcome Overwhelm"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to\"Lisa overcome overwhelm is on my mind because….<\/p>\n

Okay, I’m sure you can guess. I occasionally slide into overwhelm in preparing for my January launch for my book titled…well…it doesn’t have a title yet.<\/p>\n

So, that right there feels like…<\/p>\n

Nope, not gonna go there. Breathe, Lisa.<\/p>\n

Okay, from the trenches, 5 Tips to Overcome Overwhelm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Breathe<\/strong>: Reset your brain and body with a nice deep, abdominal breath.<\/li>\n
  2. Prioritize Self-care<\/strong>: I have to slap my hand sometimes as it reaches for the keyboard. Qigong or a walk in nature. Then email. What’s your biggest slip up and what’s your self-care superpower?<\/li>\n
  3. Prioritize Tasks and Pick the Most Important<\/strong>: Do you try to take on too much in a day? Get distracted? I do. And the thing that serves me best is to figure out the one thing that’s most important to get done that day. True confession: Still working on it. I have trouble keeping my daily to-do list to one page. And some days I forget to consult it. Slowly, I’m getting better at a shorter list.<\/li>\n
  4. Stay Focused<\/strong>: Turn off your phone, ignore email. Don’t get distracted by other work.<\/li>\n
  5. Take Breaks<\/strong>: Breaks, however, are not a distraction. Self-care breaks like movement, deep breathing or time in nature can keep you energized and sharpen your mind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m keeping the post short today so you can get back to your writing priorities and I can return my attention to book titles and editing.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy the day and stay focused, keep calm, and carry on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How to overcome overwhelm is on my mind because…. Okay, I’m sure you can guess. I occasionally slide into overwhelm in preparing for my January launch for my book titled…well…it doesn’t have a title yet. So, that right there feels like… Nope, not gonna go there. Breathe, Lisa. Okay, from the trenches, 5 Tips to…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1678],"tags":[8830,260],"class_list":{"0":"post-17394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-how-to-write-a-book","8":"tag-self-care-for-writers","9":"tag-writing-a-book","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278800,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17394\/revisions\/278800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}